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I have a question (very common theme in this thread), how many leagues will I be able to run with the following setup using a large database:

AMD Athlon (tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.00 GHz
4 GB Ram
32 Bit O/S Windows Vista
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT (is this my weakness? I had a better card but it died and this is my current stop gap until I get a new one - I have noticed slightly slower loading times ingame)

I have a question (very common theme in this thread), how many leagues will I be able to run with the following setup using a large database:

AMD Athlon (tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.00 GHz
4 GB Ram
32 Bit O/S Windows Vista
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT (is this my weakness? I had a better card but it died and this is my current stop gap until I get a new one - I have noticed slightly slower loading times ingame)

Thanks in advance for the helpful advice, I appreciate it!

Processor could be a limit but I can't imagine you having trouble running quite a few leagues thanks to that huge wack of ram you have

FM11 will run.
You'll be able to load around 5 leagues with 15,000 to 20,000 players. 3D will run on low.

BTW its(intel) a 128MB card. I had that before. No point getting a dedicated card. Probably it doesn't even has a slot.

TBH I'm not that bothered about the 3D engine (unless it really is that good) I'm more than happy with the 2D one.

I remember when the demo came out for FM09 (or 10 - whichever was the first to have the 3D engine) and after install i couldn't even run it......will this definitly work? Other 3D related games like PKR (online poker) and The matrix games for PC won't run either :S

Are you 100% sure it will work as it is? If so I'm pre ordering now...but no point ordering if I don't have a PC strong enough to play it on!

TBH I'm not that bothered about the 3D engine (unless it really is that good) I'm more than happy with the 2D one.
I remember when the demo came out for FM09 (or 10 - whichever was the first to have the 3D engine) and after install i couldn't even run it......will this definitly work? Other 3D related games like PKR (online poker) and The matrix games for PC won't run either :S
Are you 100% sure it will work as it is? If so I'm pre ordering now...but no point ordering if I don't have a PC strong enough to play it on!

Something might be wrong with your PC.
I had a similar PC with P4 2.66GHz 768MB RAM 915G etc. It was a little weaker than yours but still used to run FM09 fine (With 3D and England down to BSS/N).

My PC ran about 20 leagues with 50-70,000 players on FM10. I have 4GB or RAM but only the 32 bit OS. Will it make a big difference if I got the 64 bit OS to utilise the other 0.5GB of RAM? Also, what difference would it make if I had 6GB of RAM on a 64 bit OS?

I've also recently formatted my whole PC as I had so much stuff on it. So all I have installed now if Office, Norton and Firefox. Will having a completely clean computer make a noticeable difference to my speed?

Different interfaces, not just sizes. Completely different. Different voltage too, and bandwidth. Honestly mate if you're only running a PCI you're buggered, but the Intel will be better than the G450. The Matrox cards were popular about 10 years ago for Dual Monitor users, but were never very good for 3D Graphics

Changing to 64 bit would certainly make a difference as you'd be able to utilise another 0.5gb of RAM. I'd also recommend upgrading to 6gb if you have the money. That way you could use 3.5gb of RAM for FM and the other 2.5gb RAM for windows and other programs.

Also having a clean PC will help a lot. Junk files and programs can really slow down the performance of a PC.

Changing to 64 bit would certainly make a difference as you'd be able to utilise another 0.5gb of RAM. I'd also recommend upgrading to 6gb if you have the money. That way you could use 3.5gb of RAM for FM and the other 2.5gb RAM for windows and other programs.

Also having a clean PC will help a lot. Junk files and programs can really slow down the performance of a PC.

Seconded.
Will add my two cents

Using 64bit windows will let FM use upto 4GB of RAM whereas in 32bit windows FM can oly use 2GB of RAM. This becomes more noticable as you progress through seasons.
Also cleaning your computer make a huge effect.(Whether that cleaning is 'Formatting' or 'Dusting')

Thanks for your advice folks, don't even know if my machine can take a PCI-E. Its only 4 years old.....rediculous how much things change!

If I can't get it to run or can't get a card so be it......nothing wrong with this machine, have been thinking about a new PC but got other stuff to pay for and I'm not buying a new computer solely on the basis of playing 1 game!

Thanks for your advice folks, don't even know if my machine can take a PCI-E. Its only 4 years old.....rediculous how much things change!
If I can't get it to run or can't get a card so be it......nothing wrong with this machine, have been thinking about a new PC but got other stuff to pay for and I'm not buying a new computer solely on the basis of playing 1 game!

Thanks Ishu.
ATM I am running 9 leagues, if I ran 20 to 25 will it be approx 50% slower or still perform ok?
Well the slight delay has been since the graphics card died...it's in game when clicking on a players details, club, competition or even next...any ideas?

Aroung 10-20% slower but 500% more fun.

I think its the general slowdown that many experience over time. I would download "Piriform CCleaner" (Don't use the registry cleaner part of this software) and use a disk defragmentor.

When you say the game will run with 30,000 or 50,000 players, what size database does that mean? E.g. what are rough estimates for small, mediu, large and loading extra players from other leagues/continents?

When you say the game will run with 30,000 or 50,000 players, what size database does that mean? E.g. what are rough estimates for small, mediu, large and loading extra players from other leagues/continents?

Small, Medium And large only make a difference to players loaded (large will load more obscure player etcetc). So Choose any size, and load any players from continents etc but the no of players should be around that number.